The groundbreaking samurai manga Lone Wolf & Cub by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima returned to store shelves in June as Dark Horse Comics released the 700-page Lone Wolf & Cub Omnibus Volume 1, giving the publisher the best-selling manga to direct market specialty retailers. In total, Dark Horse Comics had five titles in the top ten.

Other publishers in the top ten include Digital Manga (Atomcat at #5) and VIZ Media (four titles, led by Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Volume 3 at #2).

TOP 50 MANGABased on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in June 2013

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INDEX

ITEM CODE

DESCRIPTION

PRICE

VENDOR

1

1

1.65

OCT128088

LONE WOLF & CUB OMNIBUS TP VOL 01

$19.99

DAR

2

4

1.58

MAR131369

YU GI OH ZEXAL GN VOL 03

$9.99

VIZ

3

2

1.42

FEB130039

USAGI YOJIMBO TP VOL 27 TOWN CALLED HELL

$16.99

DAR

4

7

1.02

MAR131367

ONE PIECE TP VOL 67

$9.99

VIZ

5

6

0.80

FEB130980

ATOMCAT GN

$12.95

DIG

6

5

0.79

APR131290

DRAGON BALL 3IN1 ED TP VOL 01

$14.99

VIZ

7

3

0.75

FEB130070

LONE WOLF 2100 OMNIBUS

$24.99

DAR

8

11

0.68

FEB130069

OREIMO TP VOL 03

$10.99

DAR

9

12

0.66

MAR131356

RUROUNI KENSHIN RESTORATION GN VOL 01

$9.99

VIZ

10

10

0.59

FEB130068

BLOOD C GN VOL 02

$12.99

DAR

11

16

0.57

MAR131382

POKEMON ADV PLATINUM GN VOL 08

$9.99

VIZ

12

8

0.50

APR131225

ALICE I/T COUNTRY OF CLOVER ACE OF HEARTS GN VOL 01 (MR)

$13.99

ST.

13

14

0.50

MAR131205

FAIRY TAIL GN VOL 26

$10.99

RAN

14

13

0.48

MAR131392

SOUL EATER TP VOL 14 (MR)

$11.99

HAC

15

28

0.41

MAR131380

LOVELESS GN VOL 11

$9.99

VIZ

16

18

0.39

MAR131275

HAGANAI I HAVE NO FRIENDS GN VOL 03

$12.99

ST.

17

19

0.38

APR131325

SPICE AND WOLF GN VOL 08 (MR)

$12.99

HAC

18

9

0.35

MAR131277

KISSES SIGHS & CHERRY BLOSSOMS PINK COMPLETE COLL TP (MR)

$18.99

ST.

19

36

0.35

MAR131375

SKIP BEAT TP VOL 31

$9.99

VIZ

20

22

0.35

APR131324

PUELLA MAGI KAZUMI MAGICA GN VOL 01 INNOCENT MALICE

$11.99

HAC

21

29

0.34

APR131175

SANKAREA GN VOL 01 UNDYING LOVE

$10.99

RAN

23

21

0.32

APR131326

TRIAGE X GN VOL 03 (MR)

$13.99

HAC

22

31

0.32

APR131169

AIR GEAR GN VOL 28 (MR)

$10.99

RAN

24

33

0.31

MAR131347

GTO 14 DAYS IN SHONAN GN VOL 09

$10.95

RAN

25

34

0.31

APR131174

NO 6 GN VOL 01

$10.99

RAN

26

25

0.30

APR131314

KNIGHTS OF SIDONIA GN VOL 03

$12.95

RAN

27

17

0.29

FEB131009

KNOCK ME UP GN (A)

$17.95

801

28

23

0.29

MAR131278

SACRED BLACKSMITH GN VOL 01 (MR)

$13.99

ST.

29

27

0.29

FEB131125

ALICE I/T COUNTRY OF JOKER CIRCUS & LIARS GAME VOL 02

$12.99

ST.

30

47

0.28

MAR131370

NURA RISE O/T YOKAI CLAN GN VOL 15

$9.99

VIZ

31

20

0.27

FEB131010

LOVE INFUSION GN (A)

$17.95

801

32

48

0.27

MAR131378

SAKURA HIME LEGEND OF PRINCESS SAKURA GN VOL 10

$9.99

VIZ

33

49

0.27

MAR131376

DAWN OF THE ARCANA TP VOL 10

$9.99

VIZ

34

15

0.27

MAR131203

AIR GEAR OMNIBUS GN VOL 01 (MR)

$19.99

RAN

35

37

0.26

MAR131389

DURARARA SAIKA TP VOL 02

$11.99

HAC

36

30

0.26

MAR131368

ONE PIECE COLL TP 3IN1 VOL 06

$14.99

VIZ

37

51

0.26

MAR131374

DEMON LOVE SPELL GN VOL 03

$9.99

VIZ

38

41

0.24

APR131323

PANDORA HEARTS GN VOL 16

$11.99

HAC

39

42

0.23

MAR131390

OMAMORI HIMARI GN VOL 10 (MR)

$11.99

HAC

40

45

0.23

APR131170

ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 05

$10.99

RAN

41

57

0.23

APR131327

DISSOCIATION OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA SC

$8.99

HAC

42

44

0.22

MAR131384

ARE YOU ALICE GN VOL 01

$11.99

HAC

43

24

0.22

MAR131349

UTSUBORA STORY OF A NOVELIST OMNIBUS TP

$18.95

RAN

44

60

0.21

MAR131377

DEVIL & HER LOVE SONG GN VOL 09

$9.99

VIZ

45

52

0.21

FEB131061

MISSIONS OF LOVE GN VOL 03

$10.99

RAN

46

61

0.20

MAR131373

ARATA THE LEGEND TP VOL 14

$9.99

VIZ

47

50

0.20

MAR131387

BTOOOM GN VOL 02 (MR)

$11.99

HAC

48

46

0.20

MAR131388

DISAPPEARANCE OF NAGATO YUKI CHAN GN VOL 04

$12.99

HAC

49

68

0.19

MAR131366

MONSUNO GN VOL 01

$7.99

VIZ

50

56

0.19

MAR131207

MARDOCK SCRAMBLE GN VOL 07

$10.99

RAN

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